Pseudopodotenus G. Dellacasa 1992
Pseudopodotenus G. Dellacasa 1992: 152

Pseudopodotenus fulviventris (Fairmaire and Germian) Photo by P. Skelley.

Type species. Aphodius fulviventris Fairmaire and Germain 1860: 268, by original designation.

Diagnosis. Body length 8-11 mm, elongate, parallel-sided, flattened; black with yellowish-orange abdomen, dorsally dulled. Head flat, lacking frontal tubercles. Clypeal margin evenly rounded. Pronotum with sides rounded; base angled at sides. Elytra with all intervals equally developed, lacking tubercles or setae; apical umbone present. Male protibia distinctly bidentate, female distinctly tridentate. Metatibial apical spinules long, unequal in length.

Distribution. Southern South America.

Composition. Pseudopodotenus contains a single species.

Pseudopodotenus fulviventris (Fairmaire and Germian 1860: 268) [Aphodius], Chile.

Life History. Verbal collecting accounts indicate adults may be surface dung generalists.

Larvae. Unknown.

References:
Dellacasa, G. 1992. On some little known species of Aphodius from Australia and South America with description of a new subgenus. Frustula Entomologica [1990] 26: 145-158.
Smith, A. B. T., and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80. [http://unsm-ento.unl.edu/platycoeliams.htm]